IPCC – US Beaches Gone By 2020

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In 1995, 2,500 of the world’s top climate experts announced that east coast beaches were doomed by the year 2020, due to sea level rise. At the most likely rate of rise, some experts say, most of the beaches on the East Coast of the United States would be gone in 25 years. Scientists Say Earth’s […]

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February 20, 2017 at 05:13AM

Trump’s EPA Chief Expected Lay Out Plans To Roll Back Regulations, Give States More Control

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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt heads to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) headquarters Tuesday to address staffers about the agency’s new direction under the Trump administration. Pruitt is expected emphasize federalism and an elevated role for states in environmental policy while also stressing moving EPA away from its international global warming crusade back to its […]

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February 20, 2017 at 05:13AM

Enviros Successfully Shut Down Thai Coal Plant

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Thailand’s military-controlled government has temporarily halted several coal power plants in the country after environmentalist groups complained they would hurt the region’s tourist industry. The junta’s decision to kowtow to environmentalist protesters is unusual considering the government’s violent crackdown on activism. The plant is being placed on the backburners until after regulators conduct an Environmental […]

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February 20, 2017 at 04:43AM

Anti-Trump Science Rally is Epic Fail

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Organizers of a science rally to protest President Donald Trump in Boston Sunday expected to draw more 10,000 people, but only a few hundred actually showed up. More than 10,000 people were interested in or signed up to attend the “Rally to Stand Up for Science,” according to the rally’s Facebook page, but The Boston […]

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February 20, 2017 at 04:43AM